The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-01
EAGLE BOILER WORKS.
Gessrs. Shea q Mccarthy Take lhem
SOlidiy to the Front.
Why Orders Pour In Upon Tnem
From All SrctiOas OF the south,
Including Marine circles.

For FIVE years the boiler making
firm. Of Shea & Mccarthy, 144 to l4S
Front street, has been steadily climb
ing to the the top for reliability and
fret. lass workm snship. During the
last two months their hive of indus.
try has resounded with the clanking
noise OF slsdge and small hammers,
shaping boilers for machinery TO sup
piy power in mammoth aud necessary
manufacturing Adjustments. BY
this mesDa the production OF the
Eagle Boiler Works has enlarged its
fame into widespread dimensions,
turning ont work for concerns with
capital soficient to swallow up the
young finn. but for its tenacious grip
on that important isctor-gilt'edge
public confidence.
From a small shop wherein not
score OF workmen found lucrative EN-.
ployment, this boiler factory has grad
uslly bu. firmly increased it's capacity,
until now sky skilled men earn 70.
muperntive palsries, swelling the
monthly pay roll to frst-class bank
account sum. These do not confine
their operations to the city, but spread
out over territory covering many
miles la oil REGIONS, looking alter
plantation boilers. A specially is
made Of THE, and 60 we'll Is the work
done that ad yancs orders keep the
travelling men hustliDg from one place
TO another. Not only Is the manu-
facture Of boilers Adopted 10 PLANTATION
service b'arcn, but ell sorts o! re.
pairs fird a quick and substantial at.
tention.
In the matter of marine boilers,
Messrs. Shea 4 Mccarthy hold the
whip hand on I'll competitors. The
government regulations for this class
Of work are unusually rigid, requiring
every part OF them 10 be hand msde,
and Of strictly the best material. All
this com natural to the faithful and
conscientious proprietois, as they ara
accus,om d 70 no other kird. IL Ia
not Singular, therefore, that they are
oyerrun with orders from this d.
rectiun. At prseept their workmen
are engaged on four boilers for the ne
Lee Line steamer, Rosa Lee, recently
launched from the ways at Paducsh-
The boilers are " steel, A inches by
28 feet, and none bat the best will be
used on the steamer. In addition,
they have CONTRACTS for drum smoke
stacks, bruBhinge, fire. bed, etc, for the
same boat. Were no other evidences
forthcoming, the contract for the Ross
Lee ia substantial testimony to 10.
liability ard workmanship.
In addition to ali this, the firm will
contract to make anything ont OF plst'
iron. In ttis line, they have order:
from the American Cotton Oil Trust
for twelve taDks. aud others from va
rious sources, amounting to }25 600.
The trade extends throughout Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texss
Alabama end al the Southern States
Owing 10 incr sssed business, the pres
ent accommodations OF the. works ar,
limited and groEiog beautifully leil
each year. They will keep up will
the procession, however, and when
ever 1t bfc1mss NJ ceesary Will eithe
enlarge or remove, They will als'
maintain their esent well earned
and deFerved reputation by erhployipI
only The met skilled and reliable
vorkmen, capable OF doiug work II
Their lins to ihe best advantage. Ii
shori, their success is vel founded
and tne'ited, and 10 such the genera
public congrutulAies aud wishes IN
bounded prn.pe ity IN future 4
Metsis. Shea & NJ, Carthy, proprietor
of toe famous Eagle Boiler Works.